The Exhibitor (May-Aug 1948)

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'>.1 MISCELLANEOUS NEWSREELS In All Five: California: Navy sinks ship used in atom bomb test. New York City: Drew Pearson honored. Vienna: New¬ born bear cubs. In Addition To The Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 44) China: National legislature meets. Australia: Cardinal Spellman at Centenary festival. Rome: New Swiss Guards for the Pope. Shanghai: National athletic meet. New Jersey: Louis and Walcott train. News Of The Day (Vol. XIX, No. 278) Coventry, England: Princess Elizabeth visits. Rome: New Swiss Guards for Pope. USA: Vacation fashions. New Jer¬ sey: Louis and Walcott train. Paramount News (No. 81) Hollywood: “The Emperor Waltz” premiere. Los An¬ geles: Human fish. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 148) Off Louisiana: Oil well drilled at sea. England: Train wreck. Baltimore: La¬ crosse. New Jersey: Louis and Walcott train. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 83) New Jersey: Louis and Walcott train Florida: Jungle maneuvers. Paris: Fash¬ ions. USA: Atomic scientists honored. Europe: Count Bernadotte hastens to Palestine. France: Circus wedding. All American News (Vol. 6, No. 293) Birmingham, Ala.: Slossfield health cen¬ ter. Austin, Tex.: Lavada Durst fast be¬ coming leading disc jockey of the south¬ west. Omaha, Neb.: Sale of George Wash¬ ington Carver postage stamp given a boost. North Little Rock, Ark.: Shorter College receives recognition from State Depart¬ ment of Education. New York: Katherine Dunham Dancers in rehearsal. Chicago: Abbott Memorial Award presented to business leader. Telenews Digest (Vol. 2, No. 22) Israel: Arabs bomb Jewish capital; latest scenes from Tel Aviv. Sweden: Count Folke Bernadotte, UN Palestine mediator, pre¬ pares to leave for Jerusalem. USSR: Transport — Russia’s number one problem; first films of Russian operation of Zusterdorf oil fields. New Zealand: Old volcano erupts. France: American Legion honors Lafayette. Washington: Senate hears wit¬ nesses on Mundt Bill. Washington: Repre¬ sentative Sadowsky, Michigan, asks probe of U.S. newsman’s death in Greece. New York: Bride for sale — only $10,000. Ken¬ tucky: Man and wife run own phone ex¬ change. New York: America’s Olympic hopefuls. France: Cross county motor¬ cycle race. Washington: Fashion design¬ ers show convertible clothes to the diplo¬ matic set. In All Five: Washington: Israel president sees Tru¬ man. In Addition to the Above: Movietone News (Vol. 31, No. 43) Lake Success, N. Y.: UN crisis over Palestine. Paris: Palestine mediator enroute to Holy Land. Palestine: Warfare. New York City: Marshall appeals for needy children (ex¬ cept New York City) ; Spyros Skouras also makes appeal (New York City only). Paris: Princess Elizabeth at the races. THE EXHIBITOR Oklahoma: Man claims to be Jesse James. Canada: Oil well erupts. Lancaster, O.: “Green Grass Of Wyoming” premiere (Cincinnati only). Boys Town, Neb.: Father Flanagan buried. St. Louis: Golf classic. News of the Day: (Vol. XIX, No. 277) Palestine: Warfare. Paris: Palestine medi¬ ator enroute to Holy Land. Bar Harbor, Me.: Science carries on amid ruins. Boys Town, Neb.: Father Flanagan buried. Washington State: Sheep cross Coulee Dam. St. Louis: Golf classic. Paramount News (No. 80) Palestine: Warfare. Boys Town, Neb.: Father Flana¬ gan buried. Washington State: Sheep cross Coulee Dam. Oklahoma: Man claims to be Jesse James. St. Louis: Golf classic. Universal Newsreel (Vol. 21, No. 147) New York City: Marshall appeals for needy children. Washington State: Sheep cross Coulee Dam. Canada: Oil well erupts. Hollywood: Goofy hair styles. Washing¬ ton: Congressmen in baseball slugfest. New York City: Soccer. Warner Pathe News (Vol. 19, No. 82) St. Louis: Golf classic. England: Duke of Edinburgh goes to school. Paris: Motor¬ cycle races plane. Bermuda: Vacation fashions. Montreal: Wrestling. Washing¬ ton State: Sheep cross Coulee Dam. NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW May 29, 1948 Selected Feature: “Silver River” (War¬ ners) . ARBITRATION Detroit The Grand Centre Recreation Company, operating the Centre, Grand Blanc, Mich., last week filed a clearance complaint against the five major distributors. Com¬ plainant claims that clearance granted to the Regent, Strand, Michigan, Della, Roxie, Rialto, Nortown, and Burton, all in Flint, Mich., is excessive and unreasonable, and results in a condition whereby the Centre has to wait an average of from 75 to 125 days following the availability dates of those theatres. It is asked that this clearance be eliminated, and a clearance be fixed of seven days after first-run Capi¬ tol and Palace, Flint, Mich. New Orleans An appeal was filed last fortnight by 20th Century-Fox in its case of Broadmoor Theatre Inc., operating the Broadmoor, Shreveport, La. Government Petition Denied Washington — The government received a setback in the Schine anti-trust case last week as the U. S. Supreme Court rejected its petition for clarification of the May 3 decision in respect to five houses bought by the circuit since the case was begun in 1939. In its reply to the government, Schine claimed that the Department of Justice was actually seeking to have the court reverse itself. It's A Girl New York — Elkan Reiner, head, War¬ ners home office production department, became the father of a baby girl, Susan Wayne, weighing eight pounds, three ounces, born at Yonkers General Hospital on May 29. TELEVISION New York — Among recent surveys as to what Hollywood was doing about tele¬ vision, one indicated that Paramount had two stations, one in Los Angeles and one in Chicago, owns a percentage of three DuMont operated stations in the east, has conducted extensive research, includ¬ ing color video and rapid filming of teleshows for delayed network telecasting, permits its stars to appear on television from its own studios, and has experi¬ mented with theatre television at the Paramount, New York City; MGM is studying the new medium, owns television rights to personalities and story material which it has not released, and plans no stations; U-I is releasing 16mm. shorts through its subsidiary, United World, has used trailers on television to reported good results, but requests its stars to stay off television, and has no stations; RKO has no stations planned, permits no star appearances; Warners has applied for a station in Chicago, is engaged in some studio activity in connection with tele¬ vision, and has participated with 20th Century-Fox and RCA in theatre tele¬ vision experiments, but permits no star appearances; 20th Century-Fox is plan¬ ning some stations, one in San Francisco, has experience with Warners and RCA on telecasting on large screens, has used the medium for trailer use, but does not per¬ mit use of stars, except in newsreels, while Columbia and Republic have not divulged any activity. Charles J. Durban was unanimously elected president, American Television Society, at its’ eighth annual elections. Halsey V. Barrett was named vice-presi¬ dent, and Emerson Yorke and Arch Braunfeld, secretary and treasurer, respectively. Dr. Allen B. DuMont, president, Du¬ Mont Laboratories, announced the acqui¬ sition of a building in East Paterson, N. J., formely owned by the Wright Aeronauti¬ cal Company, as a site for a new tele¬ vision receiver plant. The new space is expected to triple the production of 3,000 receivers a month now turned out by the company. Adrian Murphy, Columbia Broadcasting System vice-president and general execu¬ tive, testified at a field hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in San Francisco that network television programming will be brought to San Fran¬ cisco by CBS as soon as facilities can be made available if the network receives a construction permit. Murphy cited CBS’s $9,000,000 investment and 5,000 hours of programs in 17 years of experience at the hearing for the TV station. Hershfleid Aids Drive New York — Barney Balaban and S. H. Fabian last week announced the appoint¬ ment of Harry Hershfield as chairman, columnists committee, amusement indus¬ try campaign, United Jewish Appeal. The committee will initiate its activities with the June 17 luncheon at the Hotel Astor, sponsored by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. June 9, 1948